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[Anasarca as presentation of lobular breast carcinoma]
V Hernández1, B Flor-Lorente, O Burgués
1Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico, Universitat de Valencia.
Gastroenterologia Y Hepatologia
|September 26, 2000
Abstract:
Metastatic tumors in the small intestine are rare. The most commonly implicated primitive tumors are malignant melanoma, lung cancer and colon cancer. Few cases of metastasis to the intestine as the first manifestation of metastasis have been described. We present a case of metastasis to the intestine of lobular breast carcinoma 9 years after surgical resection of the primary tumor. Metastasis presented as anasarca. Ray small bowel series revealed ileal stenosis. Diagnosis was confirmed by histopathologic analysis following surgical resection of the affected intestinal segment.